Archive for the ‘Defunctuation’ Category

Everyone should have their own Benedict.
Photo by Dylan O'Connell, via e-mail
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- “Egg’s” and “Pancake’s” do not need an apostrophe
- Latte and Scrambled don’t need a period
- “CHocoLate” should have consistent capitalization
- “Crossants” should be “Croissants”
- “SURVEILANCE” should be “SURVEILLANCE”


Sidenote: can someone find me a sign with “caution” in quotes? That’d make my year.
Photo by Allan Hise, via e-mail
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- “BEFORE” doesn’t need to be in quotes
- The quotes after “BEFORE” are improperly rotated 180 degrees


I’m imagining the parking garage in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, with parking attendants taking my car out for a joy ride.
Photo by swanksalot @ Flickr
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- “INCLUTED” should be “INCLUDED”
- The colon in “8:AM” is not necessary
- The “8″ in “8:AM” appears to be accidentally or intentionally altered so that it sort of looks like a “6″
- “24 - 7″ should be “24/7″


At least they got “shirt” right.
Photo by sarae @ Flickr
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- “sripe” should be “striped”
- “botton” should be “button”
- “button down” should be hyphenated


The “fast food is garbage” meme may merit further consideration.
Photo by Mark Jaquith
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- “take-out” should be “take out” to avoid giving the impression that the trash they haul is repurposed as food
- There are multiple capitalization inconsistencies


Does this motel really have a bowl of sedatives in the front office?
Photo by Billy Davis, via e-mail
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- “fury” should say “furry”
- The construction of “and why not a treat for yourself” is awkward
- “and why not a treat for yourself.” should end with a question mark
- The capitalization of “Great Day” is arbitrary


New rule: don’t design a quiz that you can’t pass yourself.
Photo by Luisa Rebull via e-mail
Wait, I don’t see the problem with this! »« Ah, I get it now!
- The word “Your” should be “You’re”
- There should be a question mark at the end


I’m eN’visioning a community college dropout. Odds of witnessing a drug deal during a haircut: moderate to severe.
Photo by Ben Turner via e-mail
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- It is strange that the N is capitalized but the beginning E is not
- The apostrophe does not belong


Point’s for consistency. Don’t miss the bonus semi-colon.
Photo by Tom Lowe via e-mail
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- After “PHONE” there should be a colon (:) not a semicolon (;)
- All the words that end in an “S” have an incorrect apostrophe (there should be no apostrophe anywhere on the van)


I like to imagine that they had to add the second sheet of paper after someone tried to barter using a goat. Of course their solution to that would probably be to add “NO Goats” to the end.
Photo by Michael Watson via e-mail
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- “Credit Cars” should be “Credit Cards”
- The sentence lacks punctuation, and is awkwardly phrased
- Better: “Sorry, our credit card machine is broken. Cash only.”
